Section 4 Objectives Identify the Framers of the Constitution and discuss how they organized the Philadelphia Convention Compare and contrast the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan Summarize the conventions major compromises and the effects of those decisions ID: 478314
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Chapter 2: Origins of American Government
Section 4Slide2
Objectives
Identify the Framers of the Constitution and discuss how they organized the Philadelphia Convention.
Compare and contrast the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan.
Summarize the convention’s major compromises and the effects of those decisions.
Describe the delegates’ reactions to the Constitution.Slide3
Key Terms
Framers
:
Virginia Plan:
New Jersey Plan
:Slide4
Key Terms, cont.
Connecticut Compromise
Three-Fifths Compromise
:Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise
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Introduction (Do NOT Write This)
What compromises enabled the Framers to create the Constitution?
The Connecticut Compromise
The Three-Fifths CompromiseThe Commerce and Slave Trade CompromiseSlide6
The Framers
The Constitutional Convention began on
May 25, 1787, with 55 delegates.
All Framers were from creditable backgroundsThese individuals, called the Framers, came from many backgrounds:
Many had fought in the
Revolutionary War
.
Eight had signed the
Declaration of Independence
.
34 had
attended college
at a time when it was a rare achievement.
Two would become
President
, one a
Vice President
, nineteen a
U.S. Senator
, and thirteen a member of the
House of Representatives
.Slide7
A New Government
The Framers elected George Washington as president of the convention.
Rules
Majority of states had to be present to conduct business.One vote each
A majority vote elects proposalSlide8
A New Government, cont.
Replace Articles of Confederation. What were the Articles of Confederation.
James Madison “Father of the Constitution”. 89 days to write the Document
What type of government should we have?Slide9
The Virginia Plan
This plan called for a government with three separate branches: E L J
Representation in Congress should be based on Population and money.
Create a strong centralized government unlike the Articles of Conf
It would be able to force states to obey federal law.
The members of Congress chose the Exec and Judicial.Slide10
The New Jersey Plan
Congress representation would be based on Territory. Equal Representation.
More of a limited government then the Virginia Plan.
Executive would be chosen by Congress and the Exec would chose the Judicial Slide11
Connecticut Compromise ( A Compromise of both plans)
Small states feared that larger states would dominate them under the Virginia Plan.
The Connecticut Compromise, also called the Great Compromise, solved this dispute.
House is based on Population Senate is based on equal representationSlide12
Additional Compromises
The Three-Fifths Compromise counted each slave as three-fifths of a person when figuring representation in Congress.
Under the Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise, Congress could not tax state exports or interfere with the slave trade until 1808.Slide13
A Bundle of Compromises
The Constitution they approved on September 17, 1787, has thus been called a “bundle of compromises.”
Not completely satisfied though!